Daily routines

I'm sharing a couple of activies to work on daily activities with basic students. I chose two nice scenes from two great movies:

Task 1: Watch until min 1:25 and mark the activities Carl does every morning.

__ He wakes up at 6 o’clock.
__ He cleans his house
__ He does exercise
__ He gets dressed
__ He gets up
__ He has a shower
__ He has breakfast
__ He reads the newspaper
__ He watches TV
__ He waters the plants

Task 2: What does Carl do next? Complete using the correct form of the verbs go and have.

Carl _______ a meeting.
He _______ to the park.
He _______ to the doctor.
He _______ nothing to do.
He _______ an appointment with the doctor.
He _______ to the drugstore.
He _______ to the shopping mall.

Check the one you think is going to happen.

Post-watching: How different is Carl’s routine to yours? Describe it.

For example: Carl wakes up at 6 o'clock every day, but I wake up at 7.
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Watch this second scene and describe Shrek's routine. Remember that the subject of these sentences is "he". Make sure you write the verbs in the correct form.

Here you have the worksheets: Up - Shrek

As a follow up, studets could go to Glogster and create a poster describing their routine and/ or go to vocaroo in order to narrate it.

I hope you find it useful.
Claudio

Functional language - food

I developed this task for basic students to work on functional language when eating at a place. In this video from the movie The Hobbit, Bilbo receives some unexpected visitors and struggles to be a good host. Througout the task ss will work on vocabulary, be exposed to authentic english, understand a movie scene and apply all this content in a productive way. I took the clip from enjoy the bits.   

Warm up: Look at the picture. How does Bilbo feel? What food makes you feel that way?

Activity 1: Watch the scene (up to minute 3:17) and tick all the food you see

Fish		Bread		Tea		Onions		Ham
Carrots		Rice		Coffee		Tomatoes		Sausages
Mashed potatoes		Honey		Spaghetti		Chicken		Red pepper
Broccoli		Beer		Cheese		Jam		Meat

Activity 2: Watch again: Who says each line? Bilbo or a dwarf? Write B for Bilbo and D for dwarf.

__ Very good this. Any more?

__ Help yourself.

__ It’s just that I wasn’t expecting company.

__ That would be the door.

__ I don’t know. It’s supposed to be cheese. It’s gone blue.

__ Excuse me that’s my chicken.

__ My wine excuse me.

__ Put those back. Put that back.

__ Not the jam please.

__ Have you got a cheese knife?

__ Mr. Gandalf. A little glass of red wine as requested.

__ How wants an ale? Here you go. 

Activity 3: How would you describe the dwarves' behavior? How does Bilbo feel?

Activity 4: The dwarves use some expressions that might be considered impolite and some which are very correct, can you classify them? Then complete the chart with the expressions below.

Can I get you any drinks?	Bon appetit	Would you like a starter?
Enjoy your meal	Would you like to taste the wine?	Could we have another…?

To offer food or cutlery	To serve food	To ask for food
Have you got any cheese knife? Who wants an ale?	Help yourself. A little glass of wine as requested.	Any more?

Closure: Role playing.

Student A: You wanted to relax this weekend but you are having people (family members, your in laws) for dinner at your house. Try to be a nice host but at the same time make sure that their stay is as short as possible. Use the expressions from the previous exercise to build the conversation.

Student B: You are going to have dinner in your relatives' house. You are very enthusiastic because you haven't seen him/ her in a while and you know he/ she is a great cook. Take advantage of the time to catch up and enjoy his cooking abilities. Use the expressions from the previous exercise to build the conversation.

An alternative could be to have them write the dialogue (or different versions of the dialogue) in a wiki or using primarypad.

Here's the worksheet.

Phrasal verbs

Hi everyone!

I'm sharing an activity to work on phrasal verbs with intermediate students. This task was developed in the context of relationships, and that's why I chose this great movie: Before Sunset. This romantic films contain very interesting dialogues and will definitely be embraced by women, although I believe this story can be enjoyed by anyone, regardless of the gender.

As a warm up, I would show them first movie trailer, and ask them the following questions:

What does he invite her to do? How does she convince her?
Describe the events using sequence adverbs: First, then, after that, finally.
They decide not to exchange phone numbers or any personal information, and meet there a year later. Do you think this will happen? Why or why not?

Watch the second movie trailer and check whether the statements are true or false:

1. Nine years ago they met by chance                                              T                        F

2. They arrange a date                                                                     T                        F

3. He communicated with her by phone                                            T                        F

4. She invented a story                                                                     T                        F

5. They need to discover whether they belong together or not           T                        F

6. They have little time                                                                      T                        F

7. He searched for her phone number                                                T                        F

8. She appears in his dreams                                                             T                        F

9. She has become a bit pessimistic                                                   T                        F

10. She disappointed him                                                                   T                        F

Re-write the sentences using the following phrasal verbs:

       

set up	show up	turn into	run out of	look up
make up	let down	run into	call up	find out

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As a follow up:

Students could take the man and the woman's role and send the other an e-mail letting him/ her know what he/ she has decided to do with his/ her future. They should exchange the e-mails at the same time and check whether their decisions are compatible.

Here's the worksheet.

Teacher’s copy

1. Nine years ago they met by chance T                        

2. They arrange a date F

3. He communicated with her by phone F

4. She invented a story F

5. They need to discover whether they belong together or not T               

6. They have little time  T                        

7. He searched for her phone number F

8. She appears in his dreams   T

9. She has become a bit pessimistic T                        

10. She disappointed him F

Possible answers:

1- Nine years ago they ran into each other.

2- They set up a date.

3- He didn’t call her up. She didn't call him up.

4- She didn’t make up a story.

5- They need to find out whether they belong together or not.

6- They are running out of time.

7- He didn’t look her phone up.

8- She shows up in his dreams.

9- She has turned into a pessimistic woman.

10- She let him down.